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“You don't have to live this way if you don't want to. You CAN, of course... but you don't have to.”
― Doctor Sleep
― Doctor Sleep
“Yes, I began my journey alone, and I ended it alone.
But that does not mean that I walked alone.”
― Oathbringer
But that does not mean that I walked alone.”
― Oathbringer
“The most important step a man can take. It's not the first one, is it?
It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.”
― Oathbringer
It's the next one. Always the next step, Dalinar.”
― Oathbringer
“It will,” Wit said, “but then it will get better. Then it will get worse again. Then better. This is life, and I will not lie by saying every day will be sunshine. But there will be sunshine again, and that is a very different thing to say. That is truth. I promise you, Kaladin: You will be warm again.”
― Rhythm of War
― Rhythm of War
“By telling stories, you objectify your own experience. You separate it from yourself. You pin down certain truths. You make up others. You start sometimes with an incident that truly happened, and you carry it forward by inventing incidents that did not in fact occur but that nonetheless help to clarify and explain.”
― The Things They Carried / In The Lake Of The Woods
― The Things They Carried / In The Lake Of The Woods
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